Guiding attachment for sewing-machines



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HARRY C. GOODRICH, vCF CHICAGO, lLLINOlS.

GUIDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,873, dated larcl. 19, 18189.

Application filed April 26, 1887. Serial No. 236,239. (Model.)

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY C. GooDRIoH, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Attachments tor Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-h Figure l is'a top or plan view showing a piping and band gage adjusted for a line ot stitching away from the edge; Fig. 2, a simi lar view showing the gage adjusted for a line of stitching close to the edge; Fig. 3, a similar view showing another form of arranging the adjusting-lever; Fig. 4, a detail showing the piping and band gage; Fig. 5, a detail showing the separator-plate; Fig. (j, a top or plan view showing another form. ot arranging' the adjusting-lever; Fig. '7, a similar view showing another form of combining the adjusting-lever with the gage; Figs. S and 9, top or plan views showing the adjusting feature combined with the hennner.

The objects of my invention are to improve the construction and operation of gages used for directing the line of movement oi' piping and bands which are to be sewed together with a strip of ruftiing, to improve the location and operation of the tmeans for adjusting guides or gages for the proper line of stitching, and to improve the arrangement of the gages or guides and their adjustment in relation to their work; and its nature consists in th e several parts and combinations ot' parts, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims as new.

In the drawings, A represents a plate ot' a size and diameter to correspond to the ordinary plate for covering the shuttle-race, for which plate the plate A can be substituted in applying the attachment which it carries, and this plate A is provided with a notch or recess, a, Jfor withdrawing the plate.

B is a separator-plate, made of thin steel or other suitable material and having in its end a slot, l), for the passage ot the needle, and this plate has a continuation or extension, B', on one side of which is an ear, b', by means of which and suitable rivets the separatorplate can be attached in position on the plateA.

C is a plate of sheet-brass or other suit-able material, and having a side extension, C', to extend over the plate A, or partly thereover, when the attachment is ready for use. This plate C, as shown in Figs. l and 2, has a slot, c, near its edge, through which the stein of a pin or rivet, c', can pass, the end of the stem or rivet beingset or secured in the end of the extension B', as shown in Fig. 5, by which means the plate C is connected so that it is tree to move sidewise to the limit of the slot c. As shown in Fig. 3, the extension C' of the plate C does not extend the full width of the plate A, and at its terminal edge a tongue or ear, c", is turned, and, as shown in Fig. G, a plate corresponding to that of Fig. 3 is represented, except that the ear c", instead of being struck down, is struck up. As shown in Fig. 7, the extension C' has a continuation parallel with the plate, and this continuation is connected with the plate A by a suitable pin or rivet, ci, which forms the pivot on. which the plate C can be swung.

D is a lever which, as shown in Figs. l and 2, is pivoted to the plate A by a suitable pin, (l, and is connected with the extension C' by a suitable pin, d', and the free end of the lever has a lip, d", which engages with notches in the edge oit' a strip, d, struck up from the plate A at the edge ot the opening a. The

connection of the lever D with theplate C enables the plate C to be moved sidewise at its acting end to bring the gages which it carries in proper relation with the slot b in the gathering-plate for the line of stitching, and the lip d", in connection with the notches in d3, enables the lever to be maintained in whatever position it may be changed for adjustinentot the plate C. As shown in Fig. 3, the lever D, instead of being on top of the plate, as in Figs. l and 2, is located beneath the plate, and the connection between the lever and the extension C' is made by the turned-down ear c", which enters a hole therefor in t-he lever D. This lever is pivoted at its forward end to the plate by a pin, d, and is provided at its free end with the lip d" to engage with notches in the edge of (Z3, the same as for the construction described for Figs. l and 2. As shown in Fig. 6, the. lever D is pivoted so as to be in a reverse position from that shown in Fig. i., and is located on top oit the plate A, and. the connection with lOO the extension C is made by the turned-upY ear c, which enters a hole in the lever, and with this arrangement of lever the plate A has a turned-up portion, di, at its forward end, with notches thereon to be engaged by the lip c in the lever. As shown in Fig. 7, the leverD is located on top of the plate, and is pivotally connected with the plate by a pin, d, and instead of the lip and notches for locking the lever in its position a turned-over lip, d4, secured to the plate A, is employed for engaging the body of the lever D and holding the lever by frictional contact, and the conz nection of the lever D with the extension C is, by means of lugs or projections c4 on the extension, located each side of the lever and in engagement with the edges of the lever.

The several forms shown for connecting the lever D with the plate C and the several forms of the plate and location, of the lever all attain the same end of furnishing the means for adjusting' the acting end of the plate in proper relation for the stitching, and to this end various other modifications could be used.

E is the guide or gage fo'r the band or garment to which the ruffled strip and the piping are to be sewed. This guide or gage is formed of a strip struck from the plate C and turned on itself to form a tongue, c, leaving an opening, e', between the tongue and the portion of the strip running out from the plate C, and the en d of the tongue c is rounded, and an opening, e, left between this rounded end and the straight edge g of the plate C. The garment or band which is operated upon by this guide or gage E is folded on itself at the edge and is then slipped into place to have the body or main portion of the garment or band below the guide or gage E,as a whole, and the folded edge lie over the end of the tongue e and pass beneath the body of the guide, which extends out from the plate C, so that the tongue c will lie between the body of t-he garment or band y and the fold thereof, and the folded edge of the garment or band will lie between the end of the tongue e and the edge g of the plate C, and this man ner of inserting' the garment or band in connection with the end of the tongue c and the guiding-edge g maintains a straight line of travel, as the fold is held between the end of c and the edge g.

F is a guide or gage for the piping. This guide or gage F is formed from a strip struck from the plate C and bent on itself to form a tongue, f, with an opening, f', between the ton gue F and the body or portion running out from the plate, and theend of the tongue is rounded, and between this rounded end of the tongue and the edge 7L of the plate C is an opening, f The piping is formed of a narrow strip of material folded centrally, and this narrow strip is inserted by placing it in position to have the end of the tongue lie between the fold with the fold in the opening between the rounded end and the straight band or garment, leaving a line of separation formed by this projecting edge of the piping between the edge of the band or garment and the ruffle, it being understood that the strip to be ruffled lies wholly beneath` the plate C and above the separator-plate B, as is usual in forming ruffles. The rear end of the plate C is provided with a guide, and, as shown in Figs. l and 2, this guide is formed by a strip, z', thrown up to lie in a plane above the plane of the plate C, and in front of this piece t' is an opening, 1", having a straight edge, j, against which edge the material being operated upon is guided, the material passing under the lip and its insertion to lie against the edge j being permitted by the opening/1l. 'A similar guide is provided in the construction shown in Fig. 7. As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a lip, 1I, is formed by striking a strip down from the plate C and turning in on itself, so as to leave an edge, j, for guiding the material. tion shown in Figs. l and 2, is held and guided at its front or forward end by a guide lip struck down and under, so as to clasp or encircle or lie beneath the plate B, and', as shown in Figs. 3 and G, the plate is guided and held by cutting a slot in its edge and a corresponding slot in the extension B of the plate B, and turning lips or earsZ on both edges of the slot in C around and beneath the plate-extension B. j

The adjustable feature by means of the lever D can be applied to and used with other attachments than the combined band and piping gage-as, for instance, with a hemmer; and such construction is shown in Fig. 8, in which G represents a hemmer formed on or attached to the plate H, having an extension, H', the plate Il having a slot and being held in place by a pin similar to the construction shown in Fig. l for the plate C, except that the attaching-pin is under the plate A. The lever D in this arrangement is pivoted at cl to the plate A and connected by a pin, d', to the extension H', and the lever is held in its adj ustment by a lip, d, and notches in the edge of the projection cl3. As shown in Fig. 9, the extension H of the plate H is carried around so as to form a lever to take the place of the lever D, and in this construction the plate H is movable sidewise, as the pivot is inserted in a hole of corresponding diameter in the plate Il, leaving the plate free to swing on its pivot, and the extension H is locked to the plate A by a suitable pin and notches corresponding to c and cl3.

The operation of the band and piping gage or guide is as follows: The strip for the ruflie is placed beneath the plate C above the sep- The plate C, in the construc- IOO IIO

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arator B. The piping-strip is folded and placed over the tongue f and beneath the body portion of the guide F, as already dcscribed-in other Words, it lies upon the strip to be ruffled. The garment or band to which the ruiile and piping are to be sewed is folded over at its edge and inserted in the guide E, as already described, and the pipin g-strip and band or garment at the folded edge is inserted beneath the lip t', so as to lie against the guiding-edgej. The device is now ready for use, and when in use the several pieces are carried forward by the feed of the machine, as usual, and it will be seen that the piping-strip is guided and held in its proper relation by the guide or gage F, and at the same time the garment or band is guided and held in its position by the guide or gage E, and as both ot these guides have a bearing on the material with which they can act on each side of the fold, by reason of the ends of the tongues and the guiding-edges g 72 the material cannot move otherwise than in a straight line, and this Without any assistance from the hand of the operator, as the material is held against movement in both directions through the guiding-edges and the guidingpoints. The guiding-edge j assists in maintaining a straight line of travel, as it holds the material from turning against the feed, as might happen in case the three piere to be sewed together were moving, so that the feed would not properly act owing to the thickness of the material.

The combined guide or gage can be adjusted to bring the line of stitching in proper relation to the edge of the material by adjusting the guides or gages E F to or from the needle, as may be required, by means of the adjusting-lever D, the moving of the acting end of the plate C away from the needle bringing the line of stitching farther from the edges of the piping and band, and the movement of such end in the opposite direction bringing the line ot' stitching nearer the edge, and this adjustment will be found valuable, for the reason that the descent of the needle is not always in line with the center of the needle-hole, and by moving the plate C the edge ot' the piping and the band can be brought i n the exact relation required for the center of the needle. This :feature of adjustment and attaclnnent to bring the line of stitching in line with the center of the needle and in proper relation to the edge of the material will be found beneficial for various sewing-machine attachments other than the combined guide or gage, and its use in connection with a hemmer illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9, and in this connection the delivering end of the hemmer can be adjust-ed for centering the stitching in relation with the edge by moving it to or from the needle through the lever D in the manner already described for the combined guide or gage.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combinatiomwiththe sejmrator-blade 13, ol? the plate C, adjustable with relation to said separator-blade and carrying guides E and F, having backwardly-turned tongues c and f, respectively, said guides being provided with openings e e and j"` f", respectively, and the plate (l being provided with straight edges g and 7L opposite said guide-openings, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the plate A and the separator-plate B, of the adjustable plate (l, carrying guides E, F, and z', and the lever D, pivoted to the plate A and connected with the plate (l, for the purpose of adjusting said plate C to bring the material acted upon into proper relation with the line of stitching, substantially as described.

HARRY C. GOODRICH.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. ADAMS, HARRY T. JONES. 

